Drug Abuse

Drug and substance abuse among teenagers, is substantial. According to a national survey, amongst youth age 12 to 17, about 1.1 million meet the diagnostic criteria for dependence on drugs in the United States. Different substances/drugs lend themselves to different groups of symptoms. The most glaring symptom in all cases is a change, sometimes a radical 1, in behavior.

10 Things:

1.If you wish to identify a possible drug abuser in your residence, the 1st area that you need to look for is sudden personality change that includes abrupt changes in work or school attendance, top quality of work, work output, grades, discipline etc.

2.Unusual flare-ups or outbreaks of temper, sudden jitteriness, nervousness, or aggression are a main denotation of drug addiction or abuse.

3.Persistent drug abuse may possibly also lead to withdrawal from responsibility & loss of interest in what were once favorite hobbies and pursuits. This might come packaged with an unusual laziness.

4.Changes in friends and reluctance to have friends visit or talk about them and/or association with known substance abusers need to also be taken seriously.

5.Some drugs may possibly lead to redness in eyes which the abuser tends to hide away by wearing sunglasses. So wearing sunglasses at inappropriate times is a potential giveaway.

6.Continual wearing of lengthy-sleeved garments especially in hot weather or reluctance to wear short-sleeved attire might be an attempt to conceal the rashes on the skin, which are typical side effects of drug abuse, or needle marks on lower arm, leg or bottom of feet.

7.Now drugs do not come totally free! If you come across your children borrowing money from friends, co-workers or from you unusually often, you ought to much better be argus-eyed because this may possibly get your near and dear ones in some serious trouble.

8.An unusual increased secretiveness or secretive behavior concerning actions and possessions is a specific indication that something fishy is going on.

9.Some physical signs of substance abuse consist of slurred speech, memory impairment, and lack of concentration & impairment of attention along with slowed or staggering walk due to poor physical coordination. This may possibly also lead to tremors or shakes of hands, feet or head and an irregular heartbeat.

10.If you have a doggy nose, try smelling his/her breath & clothes! There might be a smell of substance/drug on breath, body or clothes of the abuser.

Sometimes, in lack of conclusive evidence, it becomes difficult to arrive at a ratiocination of substance abuse diagnosis. There are a number of practical and empirical techniques to decide drug abuse, among them being urine, blood or hair follicle testing & subsequent detection by GC/MS/ELISA.